Jungle vs. Desert vs. Antarctica: A Three-Way Race to the Rescue Helicopters
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Three pairs started at the same moment in three very different environments: the Amazon rainforest, a desert, and a snowfield described as the Antarctic. Each team had to reach its own rescue helicopter, and the first to arrive would win $100,000 for their mothers. Jimmy and Thea, a married couple, raced through the Amazon with a cameraman named Zach. Tareq and Nolan took the desert. Darius and Alison took the Antarctic, which the desert team also called "Green Team." The video asks which environment is hardest to cross quickly, and each team spent much of the race guessing at the others' progress from a tracking app.
Each Environment's Handicap
The hosts set out each biome's disadvantages at the start. The desert had no shade, no water, and intense heat. One of the desert pair said he felt "like an egg in a frying pan." The desert team therefore had to carry about 35 extra pounds of water each compared with the others. The Amazon team read out a list of what could kill them there: rattlesnakes, wandering spiders, jaguars, disease-carrying bats, bullet ants, anacondas, flash floods, hornets, and mosquito-borne diseases. The Antarctic was called "self-explanatory." Within minutes the Antarctic team said they could not see anything in front of them.
The teams navigated with paths they had each plotted in advance and a compass on their phones. They checked one another's percentage of completion through the tracking app. Early on, the desert stood at about 6%, the Amazon at 4%, and the Antarctic at 2%.
Day One: Early Camps, Improvised Bridges, and Discarded Water
The Antarctic's visibility was so poor that the team decided to make camp almost immediately. They later admitted that this was a "huge disadvantage," because they were giving up daylight while the other teams kept walking. Putting up the tent alone exhausted them. Alison's hair froze into icicles, and one of them said the conditions were more extreme than expected and that they wished they were in the desert.
In the Amazon, Jimmy and Thea dealt with heat, steep hills, and slippery terrain. The cameraman nearly fell twice. Jimmy said he had never sweated so much and doubted the desert could be hotter. At a small creek, Jimmy wanted to keep their shoes dry, so he cut a tree down to fall across it as a bridge. He described the result as "ingenuity." For water, they used a bottle that they said filters bacteria and viruses, so they could drink from the river, and they mixed in electrolytes. After hours of effort they were only 10% of the way to their helicopter. The desert was at 11% and the Antarctic at 7%.
In the desert, the heavy packs took a toll. When one partner's back gave out, the other carried his bag for a while. The pair still claimed first place. They reached a sweeping overlook, taunted Jimmy over the radio, and later cooled themselves with a drone's downdraft because they had not brought a fan. Further on they found a large animal skeleton, which they judged was not human. The next standings put the Amazon at 15%, the desert at 20%, and the Antarctic still at 7%.
The desert team then reached what they called "the world's biggest canyon." Jumping it was not an option, so they had to detour around it. While they were delayed, the Amazon team caught up to about a quarter of the course. Because the desert team was not answering the walkie-talkie, Jimmy assumed they had taken a break. For the first time in the video, Jimmy's team had the lead. The desert pair responded with a hard choice. They had started the day with four water containers weighing about eight pounds each, and they discarded some to cut weight. One of them said this "might be the biggest mistake of this video," and that they would find out later.
Night at the River
After about four hours of hiking, Jimmy and Thea reached a large river. Thea crossed a stretch on a branch that, as she pointed out, held her weight better than it would hold Jimmy's. Jimmy's plan was to camp, then build a raft in the morning and cross. Thea noted that the river might hold anacondas, piranhas, and caimans. She added that she had expected the Amazon to be the easiest biome but was finding it hard.
Once they were out of the tree cover, Jimmy set up a Starlink and video-called the other teams. He reported that he and Thea were at about 40%, Tareq and Nolan about a third of the way, and the Antarctic team at 7%. The Antarctic team promised they would be much faster the next day. Jimmy said he would watch the other teams' positions overnight to make sure no one claimed to be resting and then started walking, and that he expected to sleep only a couple of hours.
Day Two: Clear Skies, a Raft, and a Shortcut That Backfired
The next morning the Antarctic team woke to clear skies. They said they wanted to exploit both the visibility and the fact that the others were still asleep. Their route crossed snow they could finally see, and they chose a risky line that cut straight through. They acknowledged it could help them catch up or take the lead, but if it proved too steep they could lose the entire challenge.
The desert team walked along a riverbed that they said had dried up completely. They also came across an oasis-like river. Using Gemini, they learned why they had found a large shark tooth: the Peruvian desert was once a shallow ocean. Their pace improved, and on the tracker they passed Jimmy's team, which was still building its raft.
Jimmy explained why they would not simply swim. With backpacks on, the strong current could drag them downriver, possibly endanger their lives, and would guarantee they lost. The sleeping mattresses alone would not support their weight, so the team looked for bamboo. They found what appeared to be someone else's abandoned raft. Jimmy noted that on an earlier raft build he had a survival expert with him. This time he asked Gemini how to combine mattresses, bamboo, and rope. Gemini told him to lay two thick bamboo logs parallel, set two branches across them, and stack and secure the two inflatable pads on top. They also asked how to tie a slip knot, and they used the zip ties from mounting cameras on trees to lash the bamboo together. The finished raft was, as Jimmy put it, "Thea-sized." Jimmy said it was nothing like the raft from his longer raft video because he had seven hours, not a week.
The crossing did not go as planned. Thea rode the raft with the bags and paddled, while Jimmy and Zach swam alongside and kicked. The current carried them well past their intended landing spot into the middle of the river. They aimed for one last reachable point on the bank, saying that if they missed it the race was effectively over, and only made it when someone found they could stand. Jimmy reported that they had been swept about two miles off course, which turned their shortcut into a "long cut."
The standings after the crossing put Tareq and Nolan at 58%, Jimmy and Thea at 47%, and Darius and Alison at 40% after their large gain on the shortcut. Jimmy told the others to get some rest, then immediately told Thea they were not stopping. Watching the tracker, the other teams concluded Jimmy would push through the night. One team proposed leaving the tent and sleeping bag behind, taking only the bare minimum, and walking all night to beat "the boys" to the helicopter.
Bodies at the Limit
The pressure showed on everyone. The desert pair faced a long climb and descent. One complained that the downhill was punishing his knees and said it was the first time their bodies were not keeping up with their minds. In the Amazon, Thea found a fruit that looked tempting. Gemini said it was technically edible but full of hard seeds that could chip a tooth, so she did not eat it. At another point they ran into fire ants.
Jimmy's team calculated they were about 12% behind the desert and decided to go at "warp speed." After walking nonstop for about an hour, Jimmy vomited. Thea took over his backpack, and he called himself "passenger princess." Jimmy still insisted they would finish that day.
The desert team, meanwhile, said there was "nothing but pain" and described climbing uphill in sinking sand with about sixty pounds on their backs. They calculated that since Jimmy's river crossing an hour and a half earlier, the Amazon team had gone from 59% to 72%. They doubted Jimmy could keep up that pace.
The Antarctic Storm
For the Antarctic team, the clear morning gave way to a storm. The wind rose, they found more hills ahead than expected, and visibility collapsed again. One of them said gusts reached about fifty miles per hour, and warned that the wrong mistake could put you in a situation you can't get out of. Goggles failed, both of them fell repeatedly, and one said, "Alison, I think we lost." They had to stop and wait out the storm. One said they had hoped it would simply go away and that Mother Nature had "kicked us in the butt." In a later call to a mother, one of them said they felt defeated. The mother told them to push through and come home with a good experience rather than a sad one, which they said made them feel "ten times better."
No More Updates
At a final check-in, the reported numbers were 66% and 73% for the two leading teams, with the Antarctic a little over halfway. Following the desert team's earlier readings, that put Jimmy's team ahead. One team then proposed that there be no more progress updates until someone won, and everyone agreed. From then on the teams, and the viewers, could no longer tell how close anyone was. Both leading teams said they would not stop at all.
Midway through this stretch, a sponsored helicopter dropped Pedialyte and freezer pops to every team. The desert team, who had discarded water and by then lost more of it, said they had to finish very soon or go thirsty. After the drop they left their backpacks behind to sprint the final stretch, setting off without any water.
The Finish
Both leading teams believed the race was neck and neck. Jimmy said everything in his body wanted to stop but "the mind quits way before the body," and warned he might vomit again. The desert team said they had no idea whether Jimmy was right behind them, and feared he could also be in sight of his helicopter. At one finish, a cameraman went down and someone took the camera to keep filming. Then came the shouts of "I see the money," "I touched it," and a hundred grand for the moms.
The transcript does not label clearly who touched which helicopter first. In the closing exchange, though, the money is handed to the mothers with the lines "Thank you, Thea!" and "Thanks, Jimmy!" alongside "We won!", which points to the Amazon team taking the prize. The video ends with the Antarctic team arriving at their pickup point to find nothing there. "I think we lost," one of them says. "I think we might've been a little late."
We're in the middle of the world's deadliest jungle. And we're in the desert! And we're in the Antarctic!
And we're gonna be racing each other in these completely different environments. Each of us have to travel to our rescue helicopters, and whichever team gets there first wins $100,000 for their moms.
You guys literally stand no chance. Guys, I literally can't even see in front of me.
Starting in—three! Two! One! Good luck! We're off! Let's go! Let's go!
Gotta beat the boys. I'm doing this for my mom! I don't care what we have to do. We're gonna win. We gotta win!
Stay up, stay up, stay up—oh, Nolan! Nolan, no! Bad start, bad start, bad start.
Each group has its advantages and disadvantages. The desert, for example. No shade, no water. Blistering heat.
I feel like an egg in a frying pan out here.
And that means that they have to carry an extra 35 pounds of water each compared to everyone else.
And here in the Amazon, it's hot, there's hills, and most importantly, pause for one second. This. It's a list of everything that could kill us in the Amazon.
Okay, what's on the list? Rattlesnakes, wandering spider, jaguars, disease-carrying bats, swarm of bullet ants, anacondas, flash floods, swarm of hornets, diseases that mosquitoes carry. You get the point! Our danger is death. Okay, woo!
And the Antarctic, well, that's pretty self-explanatory. My toe's gettin' a little frozen! It's really cold out here. I actually can't see anything in front of me.
Now, even though they're getting absolutely destroyed—oh, no!—compared to us right now, throughout this video, we'll be coming across different obstacles that might change the direction of this entire race.
Hey, boys. How's the desert treating you? Is it hot? Dude, it's blistering out here. These bags are heavy!
I see here on the tracking app, you guys are about 6% done. We're around 4% done. And the Arctic's still on 2%. How does our dust taste? Literally!
All right, this is lookin' a little sketchy up here, not gonna lie. Yeah, I can't see. Should we look at the navigation? Why not?
In case you're curious, each one of us plotted our own path, and then we have a compass on our phone. According to my compass, we have to go this way. Just follow the GPS? Just follow the GPS!
But the visibility being so low, we might have to go ahead and set up camp immediately. But you know what? We are gonna be the most rested.
And while the Antarctic was dealing with the natural elements of their biome, we were facing the challenges of our own.
Are you good? The cameraman's doing the challenge as well—oh, he almost fell twice. Yep, yep, yep! You good? I'm good! Okay.
There's no shot the desert's hotter than this. I don't know if I've ever sweat this much in my life.
You might be wonderin', babe, if we step in this water, our shoes will get soaked and we'll be miserable the rest of the video. Yeah! How are we gonna cross? I'll handle that.
Oh, that's actually perfect! Whoa! Timber! Woo!
Get yourself a man who can build you a bridge in the Amazon. Now my wife can cross the little creek without gettin' wet. Ingenuity!
You got this! Oh, my gosh. Nice! That was terrifying. Let's continue our journey!
After hacking through the brush and hiking up treacherous terrain—this thing is so steep—we needed a new source of water.
Babe, we should find water. This is kind of pretty.
Okay, so this bottle actually filters bacteria and viruses so we can drink the Amazon water. And there ya go. Hold that. Shake it a little bit. And now we have some good-tasting electrolytes.
After hours of struggling, we were only 10% of the way to our helicopter. Desert was at 11%, and Antarctic was still at 7%. We're only 10% done.
All right, we gotta catch up to the boys. Getting over every single dune makes me even more motivated. Come on. We're gonna win! We're gonna win! I like it! Ow! We're gonna win! We're—my water, my water. Yep. Need that.
This is—just my back's killing me. I gotcha. Get a-restin'. Okay. Thanks for carrying my bag.
Oh, this is so much easier without those bags. Let's go kick Desert's butt.
We're literally crushing it right now. We're in first place. The terrain's about to change. Hopefully, it's a lot easier.
Wow! Look at that! That's insane! That is so pretty. And now we gotta get down all this somehow to that flat land.
Yo, Jimmy! Once we get down there, you don't stand a chance. It's over!
I'm gonna be honest, us making camp early is a huge disadvantage because the other teams are able to keep walking. We're wasting our daylight to get in a tent, so we're gonna be way behind in the race.
While Green Team was struggling to stay warm, we were having the opposite problem.
We didn't bring a fan, so we're coolin' off with the drone! This feels amazing! Oh, my gosh.
This frog's just chillin' on a leaf. It's such a cute frog. We should call it Todd the Toad. I did not mean to disturb its home.
Here's the current standing. We're 15%. Desert, 20%. Antarctic? I don't know what they're doing. They're only at 7%. They're fallin' behind.
Yo. That's an entire skeleton right now. I don't even know if that's a human or not. Well, judging by the skull, I don't think it's a human. Judging by the skull, it's dead.
We gettin' two hundred grand or we gonna die tryin'!
We are still in the lead, Nolan. But just barely. We gotta keep going! If we stop even for a second, Jimmy's gonna catch up.
Look at that! Bro, this is insane. I guess we just walk? Unless you wanna make a jump for it? We just have to walk around it really fast at this point.
How did we get stuck with the world's biggest canyon? I don't know. I wonder what Jimmy and Thea are going through right now.
I feel like I've been walking through the jungle forever. The Amazon's crazy, man. This is crazy.
We are now about a quarter of the way done, and so is Desert. It's been a grueling grind, but we finally caught up. They're not responding on the walkie, but I'm gonna assume they took a break. And that's allowed us to catch up.
For the first time in this video, Jimmy has the lead.
That cost us so much time. We gotta make a change. We started the day with four of these, each one of them weighs eight pounds. We need to get rid of some weight.
This sucks. Kinda hard to look at, honestly. This might be the biggest mistake of this video, but we'll find out later.
After four hours of hiking through the perilous jungle, we were finally near the river.
Oh, that's not good. Okay. It's okay! I don't weigh as much as you do. This branch holds for me!
We're making good progress. We're still ahead of the desert boys. We are sore out of our minds. We're gonna take a ten-minute little break here.
Babe, we're doin' great! Yeah! I'm so proud of you. I'm proud of you, too. I'm so comfy. Same!
I wonder how the rest of the gang's doin'. How's it feelin' in there, Alison?
Oh, my goodness, Darius! My hair! Yeah, it looks pretty wild right now. They're literally icicles. I'm boutta come inside!
I'm tired. This is a little more extreme than I was expecting. That was so much effort just to put a tent up. That's all we did. I'm pretty beat right now. I wish I was in the desert right now.
It's getting dark. We're losing sunlight. We need to camp out. This is gonna be a good place for a tent. I think we deserve some rest.
We made it to the river! All right, here's the game plan. We're gonna camp. Okay. In the morning... Yeah. We're gonna build a raft. Okay. And we're gonna sail across this river.
You mean the one filled with anacondas, potentially piranhas, and the alligator stuff? Yep! Okay. Okay.
I thought the Amazon was the easiest, but my gosh, this is hard. We have to build a raft tomorrow. This is gonna be so hard.
We're gonna walk alongside the river until we find a good place to camp. What about here? That's not bad. Time to set up camp!
My back is dying! My shoulders are hurting! But we have a tent. Let's get to building.
These are inflatable mattresses. All you do is just blow right in there. All right.
Now that we're not surrounded by trees, I was able to set up a Starlink. Let's FaceTime the gang.
Yo! Yo! What up, guys? Me and Thea are... 40%. Tareq and Nolan are around a third of the way done. And you two are... 7%?
Oh, don't you worry! We're gonna come back tomorrow, and we're gonna be way faster. Hey, sleep well, guys. Night! Take care.
So far, we're in second place. So tomorrow we need to lock in.
We're nice and snug inside the tent. I'm gonna keep an eye on their positions to make sure they're not lying to us and about to start walking. And then, I'll probably get a couple hours of sleep. See you guys in the morning.
It seems like everybody's still sleepin'. They haven't moved. Yeah, nobody's moved at all yet. We're awake, and we're about to get moving here in the next few minutes. And we are going full speed. We have to make some ground up.
Oh, no!
This is beautiful, though! I'm glad we can see. Yeah! Yesterday we couldn't even see in front of our hands.
We do actually need to take advantage of the fact that the boys are sleeping and the fact that we can see. Oh, absolutely! They're gonna wake up and be really surprised.
The sun is out. Let's get goin'! Him and Thea might be a good couple, but... Couple of losers.
Look, dude, it's a river! Yo, we're in an oasis! This is insane. You think Jimmy's river looks like this?
Ours was just slightly bigger. And for those of you that are gonna comment, "Why don't you guys swim across?" Look how strong that current is! With our backpacks, that current would drag us downriver, possibly putting our lives at risk, and even worse... we would guaranteed lose. Hence, why we need to build a raft.
Those mattresses are not gonna be enough to hold our weight. We're gonna need somethin' to tie 'em to. Bamboo would be perfect. This looks like bamboo over here. Oh, heck yeah! Aye! This looks like somebody else's raft, and they didn't make it up.
Now, I've built my fair share of rafts. And where last time, I had a survival expert helping us every step of the way, this time we have an expert in everything.
Hey, Gemini. How do I turn mattresses, bamboo, and some rope into a raft?
Here is a straightforward guide to assembling the raft: place the two thick bamboo logs parallel to each other. Place the two wooden branches horizontally. Layer the two inflatable sleeping pads directly on top of each other and secure the pads.
All right, Alison, so it looks like right here, if we take this path, we can cut straight through. Whoa! It's gonna make it so much faster. It's risky though.
It's risky though. I'm a winner… So let's go blindly. So I'm gonna take risks.
This gamble could help us catch up, or even take the lead. But if it's too steep, we're gonna lose the entire challenge. That's a risk I'm willing to take!
This desert's so dry that this river literally dried up, and we're walking where it once used to be. I can't believe this.
We're catchin' up to you, Jimmy! Gosh, the boys are movin'.
All right… Hey, Gemini. How do I tie a slip knot?
Go ahead and make a loop with your rope, crossing the working end over the standing part. Reach through that loop you just made.
Thankfully, the boys were being a little less productive with their Gemini.
It's a giant shark tooth! Why is there a shark tooth here?
The short answer is that the Peruvian desert was once a thriving, shallow ocean.
Dude, I'm so excited about this. We are on the right path. It's just… This definitely isn't easy. I'm a little cold, and I am sweating.
I'm feeling really good about our new plan. And we're gonna catch up.
Arctic! Oh! They're makin' a lot of ground. Hold on. Nolan—
We're in the lead! We're ahead. I'd pay to see the look on Jimmy's face once he sees we caught up.
Boys! Wait! Whoa… You guys just passed us… Passed us… passed us…
Okay, we gotta get building this raft. Yeah! Here you go.
Life hack! Take the zip ties you use to zip tie cameras on trees, use them to secure in the bamboo. Hold it together. Yeah! All right.
What do you guys think of our raft? It's Thea-sized. This ain't like the one we built in the raft video… Well, I don't have a week. I had seven hours.
Hopefully, the anacondas think we're a very big predator and leave us alone. Yeah, we haven't showered. You guys don't wanna eat us! We don't taste very good.
This raft obviously isn't big enough for the three of us, so we're gonna put our bags on with Thea, and me and Zach are just gonna get drenched.
Okay, I'm still… I'm still afloat. Go, go! We're goin'! Yeah! Oh, that current is— Whoa!
Should I also be kicking? No! Thea! You paddle! Okay, okay.
We're movin'! We're making progress! Shore's over there, guys! Keep kicking!
This might be the craziest thing I've ever done! This might be the dumbest thing I've ever done!
Okay! I can see the shore! Good job, men! Keep— Oh, I feel that current. Oh, my God. This current is strong.
We were supposed to land way back there. We're in the middle of the river! This current does not want us to stop. Whoa… It's very strong. Oh! I'm trying!
Oh, look at that! We should probably aim for that. Okay! We gotta get there. We gotta really push to our left here.
I'm pushing as hard as I can! It's gettin' deeper! Keep kicking! We're almost there. It's over there! All right… Come on! How far do we got?
It's our last shot! If we miss this one, it's GGs— It's right there! It's so close! We're not gonna make it…
Zach, I can stand! Guys, pull. Pull! Pull! We made it! We made it!
Sit down, Jimmy. It's like Jello leg. We did it!
But unfortunately, missing our landing spot made our shortcut into a long cut.
Guys, we just sailed across a river. That's crazy. It took you guys this long to sail? We got swept, like, two miles off course. It was really bad.
Arctic, what's goin' on? Yeah, I want a shortcut like that, I'll— Hey, listen, guys— Bro, they're flying! You guys are about to beat Jimmy. I doubt they have any more shortcuts.
All right, so as of right now, Tareq and Nolan are 58%. We're 47%, and Darius and Alison, with their massive shortcut, are at 40%. Seems like it's anyone's game!
Hey, guys, definitely get some rest. Enjoy yoursel— All right, we're not stopping, babe. Let's get going!
Yo, he's definitely not stopping. No, he's definitely going tonight.
I say we take the tent and sleeping bag. We leave it here. We take only the bare minimum, and we go. We go all night and we make it to the helicopter before the boys. Okay, I like this.
Jimmy's literally on us right now. This is brutal. You can see the sweat all over me. Keep going. Don't stop!
But we don't care how tired we are. I'm not gonna give Jimmy the satisfaction of winning. We're single-handedly about to put them in last place.
We just need to go straight this way for a little bit longer. We're gonna have to trek all the way… up a mountain… to get extracted.
It was a lotta work to get up here, but it's totally worth seeing the view. Yeah, this is… This is beautiful.
Slow and steady, down the mountain. Down this big mountain. You good? This is a lotta pressure on my knees. This is the first time where I feel like our body's not keeping up with our minds.
It's all about breathing, bro. It's all about breathing. In through the nose, out through the mouth, at a consistent pace. No, that's hyperventilating.
Whoa! The Amazon's actually very beautiful. Look at that fruit! What is that? It looks really yummy! Is this plant edible?
While technically edible, the fruit is packed with hard, dark seeds that can easily chip a tooth.
Sorry, babe… You can't eat it. The storm is literally coming.
The storm is literally coming. Yeah, I know. I can feel it on my face. Wow, the visibility's getting worse. Keep going, brother. You got it!
We're probably pushing ourselves too hard, but I really don't care. So much desert! Nothing but pain at this point, bro.
Fire ants. Oh, my gosh. Now they have a sense of urgency right there.
We're about 12% behind Desert, so we're kicking into warp speed. I'm just focused on moving. I wonder what the boys are doing.
There's actually five more hills. That is the worst outcome. It couldn't get worse than this, to be honest. I thought this was the last big hill.
The wind is already picking up, which is really concerning. We're gonna push ourselves to the limit out here so that we can win for our moms. Absolutely! No stopping!
I literally can't see in front of me right now, though. I can't see anything! I don't even know where I'm going. No, this is bad!
And while the weather pushed them to walk through a literal blizzard, walking nonstop for an hour pushed our bodies to the absolute limit.
Jimmy's throwing up. I'll do it. It's my turn. Come on.
All right. Oh, my gosh. My back feels so good without that! Passenger princess now! Come on, my princess. I got you! You look like a little kid going to school. I feel like a little kid going to school.
Even with all the odds against us, Nolan, we're still gonna win, bro. We're gonna finish it today. I don't care what we gotta do. Come on!
Okay, there's my mom! Hello, hi! Make sure you're drinking plenty of water and be safe. Right. But go for it and win this! I like that! We are finishing today! Let's go! Today, today, today. Go, go, go.
Winds are coming in up to around fifty mile an hour gusts. Whoa! Oh, no, no! Oh, no! Oh, my goodness!
And the wrong mistake can easily put you in a situation that you can't get out of. My goggles aren't working. I'm blinded! Whoa!
How did that happen? I don't know! No! Alison, I think we lost. Dang!
The visibility's getting so bad that we're having to stop. Nothing else we can do but just hunker down for the storm. I almost didn't want to believe it. I was just hoping and praying that it would just go away. Mother Nature has kicked us in the butt.
Thea has the bag and is pushing! I forgot I was wearing the bag. We have been booking it. We finished crossing the river an hour and a half ago. Since then they went from 59% to 72%. That's crazy. There's no shot they can maintain that pace. They're gonna have to take a break soon.
It's hot. We're thirsty. This bag's heavy.
All we've been doing is walking, walking, walking on this flat land. This desert is brutal. Oh, my God. What I would give for an ice cube right now. It's like physical exertion to its max. Yeah.
Nolan. Mom! How are you? How are you guys? I've been thinking about you. Your mom can't save you out here, Nolan.
Uphill with sixty pounds on your back. Sand sinking with every step. This is as hard as it gets for us, bro.
All right, boys, I have a proposition! We're at 66%. You're at 73%. Arctic's a little over halfway. And what if, starting now, there's no updates until someone wins?
I like it! I say that's a great idea. We agree! Yeah, we're in agreeance. If everyone's on board, good luck, guys! You're gonna need it.
And just like them, you now won't know how close we are to finishing either.
Back to it! We have no idea how fast everybody else is moving now, so we're just not gonna stop! We gotta book it! We gotta go! We're not gonna lose! Mom, this is for you!
I'm on a mission to win. I'm not here to make friends. That's a woman on a mission. I'm doing this for my mommy.
Oh, my gosh. It is so windy. You can see everything from up here! Oh, my gosh! Just over that way is where we gotta get picked up. Come on. Let's get there!
Let's get this dub for our moms, and more importantly, so Nolan can't get a dub over us. I wonder if the desert boys are pushing as hard as we are.
I think I'm hitting E for real on these legs. Really? Yeah, bro. Weak! We still got two and a half miles to go. We have to finish this!
This is so much easier! This is the hack! Well, there goes my water. No! We have to finish very soon, or else we go thirsty.
I have something urgent. Everyone stop moving! Okay.
Okay. Look up. I see a tree. One second. Let me get away from this. Is that our ride home?!
That is not the evacuation helicopter. That is the hydration copter. You've all been working your butts off, and statistically, you're probably dehydrated.
Oh, yes, dude.
So, I'm sendin' helicopters to bring everyone some Pedialyte, so we can get rehydrated. Woo-hoo!
Oh, he dropped a box! Oh, Darius! Look! What the—?!
Pedialyte helps replenish fluids and electrolytes, so we'll all be ready to crush the rest of this track.
All right! The snow is so deep.
Hey guys, it's gonna take us ten minutes to get there, sorry. Yeah, no—I'm falling over Alison! Ow! Thank you! Thank you!
Oh, yeah! Let's go! Oh, no way! This looks amazing!
I see it! Why is it so far?! I see it! Ice pops!
Of course! Oh, yeah! One for the camera guy! Oh, yeah! Here for the cameraman, of course! There it is! I need that drink! Cheers! Cheers! Cheers!
Bro, check this out! Let's go! Look at all this Pedialyte! Oh, my gosh.
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Wow, this has a lotta good stuff in it! These freezer pops are so good. This is really good.
Drink up! We're gonna need it for the rest of this journey, brother. This is the best thing to happen today, honestly. Absolutely!
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I think I'm ready to finish this course, brother. We just got really hydrated. Yeah. I think we full send it till the end.
We're leavin' the backpacks here! We will come back to them. Make sure nothing's left behind. You ready to go? Yep! Let's do it. Let's do it.
I just wanted to call you and show you our horrible conditions here. I feel a little defeated due to the circumstances.
You know you're a winner. You're gonna push through this. I don't want you to come back sad, I want you to come back with a great experience.
You know what? Now I feel ten times better 'cuz I was a little sad before. Mother Nature right now, she's not allowin' us to go anywhere.
Okay, we're locked in now! This is literally the final stretch. Somethin' tells me this is weirdly neck and neck with the desert boys. So we gotta push through the pain.
We left without any Pedialyte or water or anything. We're doing this for you, Ma! It's between us and Jimmy. We can't let him win!
It's uphill! It burns! I can feel my heart beatin' out of my chest.
There's only one winner. And just over this hill is our helicopter. It's gonna be us, baby.
Everything in my body is tired and wants to stop, but the mind quits way before the body. So we're gonna keep goin'. I just might puke again.
Nolan! There it is! It's right there! Yes! Let's go! Come here! Come here!
We gotta beat Nolan and Tareq. Mostly Nolan.
Gimme the camera! I'll carry the torch! Cameraman down. We don't stop moving! You good? I'm good! Okay.
We have no idea if Jimmy's on our tail. Jimmy might also see his helicopter! We gotta get there! No shot we let Jimmy win.
Guys, I think we're here. I think we're here! It's actually within sight! Mom, if you're watchin' this, I'm gonna get you that hundred K.
Oh, I see it! I see the money! A hundred grand for our moms, right there!
Done! I touched it! Done!
I'm literally about to cry, bro. I can't feel my legs.
I have the opposite problem, I can feel my legs, and they don't feel good! Let's go give our moms the money!
Here you go! Congratulations! No way! Yay! Yay! We won! Thank you, Thea! Thanks, Jimmy!
We have the best moms ever! Thanks for watchin'!
Darius! There's nothing there. I think we lost. I think we... I think we might've been a little late.
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